Sweet Potatoes growing at the base of a wicking bedto catch the (deliberate at times) overflow.

The heat has accelerated the ripening of the grapesoutside the backdoor.

Monday of the second week we had a visitfrom our son and his growing family!

Then anxious times as our daughter and son-in-law spent a terrifying night in the "bunker" beneath their house in Far North Queensland while cyclone Yasi raged outside!!!! Fortunately their damage was minor compared to those further north but the water supply has been slow to come back as has the power!

Friday's weather radar (from this site) showing how far the remnants of Cyclone Yasi had moved to the centre of Australia and fed moisture down to us in SA.

A lot of moisture!!!(our driveway!)

Of course the Black Ninja was not amused......she doesn't like rain!

At The Community Garden:

The rain caused only minor puddlingand all drained well soon after!

Weekly Harvest Tally:Figures for the fortnight!Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.Squash Winter Delicata***244gSquash Sweet Meat***5500gTomato Golden Sunrise***1781gTomato Kotlas***4119gTomato Silvery Fir Tree***1683gTomato Yellow Tommy Toe***29gTomato Red Cherry***214gZucchini Gold***294gZucchini Cocozelle***1020gStrawberries***96gBlackberries***751g

Eggs 19 From the 5 Farmyard Ferals4 From the 3 Barnevelders21 From the 5 Faverolles

To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Map of our place HERE

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Garden Layout

I live in a rural township in the dry Mid North of South
Australia on three town blocks giving us a total of half an acre.
We endure extremely hot and dry summers only to be greeted with frosty
mornings during our increasingly dry winter months.
Despite this harsh climate we manage to grow much of our own food.
Water is scarce and many measures are taken to utilise every drop we
have.
Our garden beds are shaded (during summer), heavily mulched, humus rich
and most are now converted to wicking worm beds. With qualifications in both Horticulture and Permaculture I have fun experimenting with different ways to grow our food!